Temple Sinai Welcomes Interim Rabbi David Katz

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Temple Sinai welcomes Rabbi David Katz to lead the congregation as its interim rabbi beginning this month. 

Rabbi Katz, a Rochester, N.Y. native, comes to the position after the retirement of co-Rabbis Jonathan Rubenstein and Linda Motzkin after 36 years as spiritual leaders in Saratoga Springs at the end of December 2022. 

Katz was ordained in 1981 and received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Hebrew Union College in 2006. He has served in rabbinical and academic roles for more 40 years, the last 12 as an interim rabbi, most recently at Temple Concord in Syracuse, N.Y. and B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany. 

He has written numerous articles and is the co-author of “Reading Between the Lines: New Stories from the Bible.” He served on committees that developed Mishkan T”filah, the newest Reform Judaism prayer book, published in 2007 and used widely throughout North America.

A Temple Sinai Search Committee will conduct a nationwide search for a permanent rabbi.

For more information, visit www.saratogasinai.org or contact the Temple Sinai office at office@saratogasinai.org.